Mühlbeck
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Mühlbeck
Community Muldestausee
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| Height : | 79 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 4.8 km² |
| Residents : | 948 (Dec. 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 198 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06774 |
| Area code : | 03493 |
Mühlbeck is a district of the community Muldestausee in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt .
geography
Mühlbeck is located between Leipzig and Lutherstadt Wittenberg on a peninsula between the Muldestausee and the Great Goitzschesee .
history
The place belonged to the Electoral Saxon Office Bitterfeld until 1815 . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th
On October 7, 1813, a council of war was held in the rectory in preparation for the Battle of Leipzig, later known as the Battle of the Nations (October 16-19, 1813). Field Marshal Blücher and Count Bernadotte , among others, took part.
Until the formation of the unified community Muldestausee on 1 January 2010 Mühlbeck was an independent municipality in the administrative community Bitterfeld-Wolfen .
politics
mayor
The last mayor of the community of Mühlbeck was Bernd Hieronymus.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the Dessau Regional Council on September 23, 1997 and registered in the Magdeburg State Archives under the coat of arms roll number 64/1997.
Blazon : "In green a silver post mill, each removed by a golden diamond, on a curved silver shield base with two blue wavy strips."
The mill is shown in the coat of arms as a talking element for rendering the place name. It also refers to the widely known post mill formerly in the village. The post mill is also an earlier seal motif and was implemented in heraldry. The two blue wavy strips refer to the location of the place on two lakes (Muldestausee, Bernsteinsee). The two golden diamonds are supposed to symbolize important amber finds in the area. The amber lake is named after the amber deposits.
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Jung .
flag
The flag is green - white - green with vertical stripes. The municipality's coat of arms is placed on the wider white median.
memorial
Since 1946 there has been a memorial on the B 100 for 68 unknown concentration camp prisoners who were murdered by SS men on a death march from Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 . There is also a street named in honor of the victims of fascism.
Culture and sights
Together with the neighboring village Friedersdorf , Mühlbeck is the first book village in Germany.
A remarkable building is a fortified church , which was built in the Romanesque architectural style. The church is a station on the Lutherweg in Saxony-Anhalt .
At the Großer Goitzschesee there is the level tower , the new landmark of Bitterfeld, Mühlbeck, Friedersdorf and Pouch.
Sports
The TSV 1896 Mühlbeck has existed since 1896 and is mainly dedicated to football. The TSV counts the most members of the place. Mühlbeck also has a water sports center with boat docks and a windsurfing school.
Economy and Infrastructure
The closure of brown coal mines in the region, through the open pit also strongly shaped the landscape, difficult economic situation of the population. With the idea of a book village , which was initiated in 1997, new employment opportunities should be created and tourists should be attracted to the area. Antique books are offered in 15 shops.
Mühlbeck rises to become the economic engine of the surrounding Goitzsche communities.
traffic
The federal highways 100 and 183 from Bitterfeld-Wolfen to Wittenberg and Bad Düben run directly through the town .
literature
- Margot and Klaus Kreth (eds.): Mühlbeck - history and stories. Mühlbeck 2000, DNB 960425853 .
- Gernot Maria Grohs, Klaus Kreth: Gottfried Kirchhoff 1685-1746 composer and organist - A Mühlbeck man crosses the paths of Handel and Bach. Manuela Kinzel Verlag , Dessau 2004, ISBN 3-934071-57-0 .
- Margot and Klaus Kreth (eds.): Our village Mühlbeck - a living local history. Manuela Kinzel Verlag , Dessau 2012, ISBN 978-3-937367-66-8 .
swell
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 22 f.
- ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ L. Herbst in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , local edition Bitterfeld, October 9, 2007.
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
